EXHIBIT 10.6 

 

**GUARANTY AND SURETYSHIP AGREEMENT**

 

April 26, 2004 

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, and in consideration of loans made or to be made or credit otherwise extended or to be extended by PNC Bank, National Association(“PNC”), each of the financial institutions (collectively, “Lenders”) named in or which hereafter become a party to the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) and PNC as lead arranger and administrative agent for Lenders (insuch capacity “PNC”) and Fleet Capital Corporation as documentation agent for Lenders (in such capacity “Fleet” and collectively with PNC, the “Agent”) to or for the account of WinCup Holdings, Inc., Radnor ChemicalCorporation, Radnor Holdings Corporation, Radnor Delaware II, Inc., StyroChem U.S., Ltd., StyroChem Delaware, Inc., WinCup Texas, Ltd., StyroChem GP, L.L.C., StyroChem LP, L.L.C., WinCup GP, L.L.C. and WinCup LP, L.L.C. (each, a “Borrower”and jointly and severally, the “Borrowers”), from time to time and at any time and for other good and valuable consideration and to induce Agent and Lenders, in their discretion, to make such loans or extensions of credit and to make orgrant such renewals, extensions, releases of collateral or relinquishments of legal rights as Agent and Lenders may deem advisable, the undersigned (and each of them if more than one, the liability under this Guaranty being joint and several)unconditionally guaranties to Agent for its own benefit and for the ratable benefit of Lenders, their successors, endorsees and assigns the prompt payment when due (whether by acceleration or otherwise) of all present and future obligations andliabilities of any and all kinds of each Borrower to Agent or Lenders and of all instruments of any nature evidencing or relating to any such obligations and liabilities upon which any Borrower is or may become liable to Agent or Lenders, whetherincurred by a Borrower as maker, endorser, drawer, acceptor, guarantor, accommodation party or otherwise, and whether due or to become due, secured or unsecured, absolute or contingent, joint or several, and however or whenever acquired by Agent orLenders, whether arising under, out of, or in connection with that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement by and among Borrowers, Lenders and Agent dated as of December 26, 2001 (as amended,supplemented, modified or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) or any documents, instruments or agreements relating to or executed in connection with the Credit Agreement or any documents, instruments or agreements referredto therein (together with the Credit Agreement, the “Loan Documents”), (all of which are herein collectively referred to as the “Obligations”), and irrespective of the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of suchObligations, or of any instrument evidencing any of the Obligations or of any collateral therefore or of the existence or extent of such collateral, and irrespective of the allowability, allowance or disallowance of any or all of the Obligations inany case commenced by or against Borrowers under Title 11, United States Code, including, without limitation, obligations or indebtedness of Borrowers for post-petition interest, fees, costs and charges that would have accrued or been added toBorrowers’ Obligations to Agent and the Lenders but for the commencement of such case. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meanings herein, unless otherwise herein expressly provided. In furtherance of the foregoing, theundersigned hereby agrees as follows: 

 

1. No Impairment.Agent and Lenders may at any time and from time to time, either before or after the maturity thereof, without notice to or further consent of the undersigned, extend the time of payment of, exchange or surrender any collateral for, renew or extendany of the Obligations or increase or decrease the interest rate thereon, and may also make any agreement with Borrowers or with any other party to or person liable on any of the Obligations, or interested therein, for the extension, renewal,payment, compromise, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of the terms thereof or of any agreement between or among Agent, Lenders and Borrowers or any such other party or person, or make any election of rightsAgent and Lenders may deem desirable under the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or any other federal or state bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium or insolvency law relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rightsgenerally (any of the foregoing, an “Insolvency Law”) without in any way impairing or affecting this Guaranty. This instrument shall be effective regardless of the subsequent incorporation, merger or consideration of any Borrower, or anychange in the composition, nature, personnel or location of any Borrower and shall extend to any successor entity to each Borrower, including a debtor in possession or the like under any Insolvency Law. 

 

2. Guaranty Absolute. The undersigned guarantees that the Obligations will be paid strictly inaccordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and/or any other document, instrument or agreement creating or evidencing the Obligations, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any ofsuch terms or the rights of Borrowers with respect thereto. The undersigned hereby knowingly accepts the full range of risk encompassed within a contract of “continuing guaranty” which risk includes the possibility that Borrowers willcontract additional indebtedness for which the undersigned may be liable hereunder after Borrowers’ financial condition or ability to pay their lawful debts when they fall due has deteriorated, whether or not Borrowers have properly authorizedincurring such additional indebtedness. The undersigned acknowledges that (i) no oral representations, including any representations to extend credit or provide other financial accommodations to Borrowers, have been made by Agent or any Lender toinduce the undersigned to enter into this Guaranty and (ii) any extension of credit to the Borrowers shall be governed solely by the provisions of the Credit Agreement. The liability of the undersigned under this Guaranty shall be absolute andunconditional, in accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be released, suspended, discharged, terminated or otherwise affected by, any circumstance or occurrence whatsoever, including,without limitation: (a) any waiver, indulgence, renewal, extension, amendment or modification of or addition, consent or supplement to or deletion from or any other action or inaction under or in respect of the Loan Documents or any otherinstruments or agreements relating to the Obligations or any assignment or transfer of any thereof; (b) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or other documents, instruments or agreements relating to the Obligations or anyassignment or transfer of any thereof; (c) any furnishing of any additional security to Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders or its assignees or any acceptance thereof or any release of any security by Agent or its assignees; (d) anylimitation on any party’s liability or obligation under the Loan Documents or any other documents, instruments or agreements relating to the Obligations or any assignment or transfer of any thereof or any invalidity or unenforceability, inwhole or in part, of any such document, instrument or agreement or any term thereof; (e) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, composition, adjustment, dissolution, liquidation or 

 

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other like proceeding relating to Borrowers, or any action taken with respect to this Guaranty by any trustee or receiver, or by any court, in any suchproceeding, whether or not the undersigned shall have notice or knowledge of any of the foregoing; (f) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any collateral, or any release, or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any guaranty orsecurity, for all or any of the Obligations; or (g) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the undersigned. Any amounts due from the undersigned to Agent or any Lender shall bear interestuntil such amounts are paid in full at the highest rate then applicable to the Obligations of Borrowers to Lenders under the Credit Agreement. Obligations include post-petition interest whether or not allowed or allowable. 

 

3. Waivers. (a) This Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not ofcollection. Neither Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to institute suit, exercise rights or remedies or take any other action against Borrowers or any other person liable with respect to any of the Obligations or resort to anycollateral security held by it to secure any of the Obligations as a condition precedent to the undersigned being obligated to perform as agreed herein and the undersigned hereby waives any and all rights which it may have by statute or otherwisewhich would require Agent or any Lender to do any of the foregoing. The undersigned further consents and agrees that neither Agent nor Lenders shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of the undersigned, or against or in paymentof any or all of the Obligations. The undersigned hereby waives any rights to interpose any defense, counterclaim or offset of any nature and description which may have or which may exist between and among Agent, Lenders, Borrowers and/or theundersigned with respect to the undersigned’s obligations under this Guaranty, or which Borrowers may assert on the underlying debt, including but not limited to failure of consideration, breach of warranty, fraud, payment (other than cashpayment in full of the Obligations), statue of frauds, bankruptcy, infancy, statue of limitations, accord and satisfaction, and usury. 

 

(b) The undersigned further waives (i) notice of the acceptance of this Guaranty, of the making of any such loans or extensions of credit, and of allnotices and demands of any kind to which the undersigned may be entitled, including, without limitations, notice of adverse change in Borrowers’ financial condition or of any other fact which might materially increase the risk of theundersigned; and (ii) presentment to or demand of payment from anyone whomsoever liable upon any of the Obligations, protest, notices of presentment, non-payment or protest and notice of any sale of collateral security or any default of any sort.

 

(c) Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by theundersigned hereunder, or any setoff or application of funds of the undersigned by Agent or any Lender, the undersigned shall not be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of Agent or any Lender against Borrowers or against any collateral orguarantee or right of offset held by Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Obligations, nor shall the undersigned seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from Borrowers in respect of payments made by the undersignedhereunder, until all amounts owing to Agent and each Lender by Borrowers on account of the Obligations are paid in full and the Credit Agreement has been terminated. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any amount shall be paid to the undersigned onaccount of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full and the 

 

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Credit Agreement shall not have been terminated, such amount shall be held by the undersigned in trust for Agent and Lenders, segregated from other funds ofthe undersigned, and shall forthwith upon, and in any event within two (2) business days of, receipt by the undersigned, be turned over to Agent for the retable benefit of the Lenders in the exact form received by the undersigned (duly endorsed bythe undersigned to Agent, if required), to be applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as Agent and Lenders may determine, subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement. Repayment of any and all present andfuture debts and obligations of Borrowers to any of the undersigned are hereby subordinated to the full payment and performance of, all present and future debts and obligations of Borrowers to Agent and Lenders provided however, payments may be madeto and retained by the undersigned in the ordinary course of business in the absence of an Event of Default. 

 

4. Security. All sums at any time to the credit of the undersigned and any property of the undersigned in Agent’s or any Lender’spossession or in the possession of any bank, financial institution or other entity that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, Agent or any Lender (each such entity,an “Affiliate”) shall be deemed held by Agent, such Lender or such Affiliate, as the case may be, as security for any and all of the undersigned’s obligations to Agent and Lenders and to any Affiliate of Agent or any Lender, no matterhow or when arising and whether under this or any other instrument, agreement or otherwise. 

 

5. Representations and Warranties. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants (all of which representations and warranties shall survive until all Obligations are indeafeasibly satisfied in full and thereremain no outstanding commitments under the Credit Agreement), that: 

 

(a) Corporate Status. The undersigned is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full power, authority and legal right to own itsproperty and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged. 

 

(b) Authority and Execution. The undersigned has full power, authority and legal right to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, this Guaranty and has taken all necessary corporate and legalaction to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty. 

 

(c) Legal, Valid and Binding Character. This Guaranty constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the undersigned enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited byapplicable Insolvency Law. 

 

(d)Violations. The execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty will not violate any requirement of law applicable to the undersigned or any material contract, agreement or instrument to which the undersigned is a party or by which theundersigned or its property is bound or result in the creation or imposition of any mortgage, lien or other encumbrance other than to Agent for the 

 

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ratable benefit of Lenders on any of the property or assets of the undersigned pursuant to the provisions of any of the foregoing. 

 

(e) Consents or Approvals. No consent of any otherPerson (including, without limitation, any creditor of the undersigned) and no consent, license, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority isrequired in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Guaranty. 

 

(f) Litigation. No litigation, arbitration, investigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court, arbitrator orgovernmental authority, bureau or agency is currently pending or, to the best knowledge of the undersigned, threatened (i) with respect to this Guaranty or any of the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty or (ii) against or affecting theundersigned, or any of its property or assets, which, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets or condition, financial or otherwise, of the undersigned. 

 

(g) Financial Benefit. The undersigned has derived orexpects to derive a financial or other advantage from each and every loan, advance or extension of credit made under the Credit Agreement or other Obligation incurred by Borrowers to Agent and Lenders. 

 

The foregoing representations and warranties shall be deemed to have beenmade by the undersigned on the date of each borrowing by Borrowers under the Credit Agreement on and as of such date of such borrowing as though made hereunder on and as of such date. 

 

6. Acceleration. If either Borrowers or the undersigned should at any time become insolvent, or make a generalassignment, or if a proceeding in or under any Insolvency Law shall be filed or commenced by, or in respect of, the undersigned, or if a notice of any lien, levy, or assessment is filed of record with respect to any assets of the undersigned by theUnited States or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or if any taxes or debts owing at any time or times hereafter to any one of them becomes a lien or encumbrance upon any assets of the undersigned in Agent’s or anyLender’s possession, or otherwise, any and all Obligations shall for purposes hereof, at Agent’s or any Lender’s option, be deemed due and payable without notice. 

 

7. Payments for Guarantor. Upon the occurrence of and during the continuance of Event of Default, Agent, on behalf ofLenders, in its sole and absolute discretion, with or without notice to the undersigned, may apply on account of the Obligations any payment from the undersigned or any other guarantor, or amounts realized from any security for the Obligations, ormay deposit any and all such amounts realized in a non-interest bearing cash collateral deposit account to be maintained as security for the Obligations. 

 

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8. Costs. The undersigned shall pay on demand, all fees and expenses (including reasonableexpenses for legal services of every kind) relating or incidental to the enforcement or protection of the rights of Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any of the Obligations. 

 

9. No Termination. This is a continuing irrevocable guaranty and shall remain in full force and effect and be bindingupon the undersigned, and the undersigned’s successors and assigns, until all of the Obligations have been paid in full and the Credit Agreement has been terminated. If any of the present or future Obligations are guarantied by persons,partnerships or corporations in addition to the undersigned, the death, release or discharge in whole or in part or the bankruptcy, merger, consolidation, incorporation, liquidation or dissolution of one or more of them shall not discharge or effectthe liabilities of the undersigned under this Guaranty. 

 

10.Recapture. Anything in this Guaranty to the contrary notwithstanding, if Agent or any Lender receives any payment or payments on account of the liabilities guarantied hereby, which payment or payments or any part thereof are subsequentlyinvalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver, or any other party under any Insolvency Law, common law or equitable doctrine, then to the extent of any sum not finally retainedby Agent or any such Lender, the undersigned’s obligations to Agent and Lenders shall be reinstated and this Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect (or be reinstated) until payment shall have been made to Lender, which payment shall bedue on demand. 

 

11. Books and Records. The books andrecords of Agent showing the account among Agent, Lenders and Borrowers shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceedings, shall be binding upon the undersigned for the purpose of establishing the items therein set forth and shallconstitute prima facie proof thereof. 

 

12. No Waiver. Nofailure on the part of Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by Agent of any right, remedy or power hereunder preclude anyother or future exercise of any other legal right, remedy or power. Each and every right, remedy and power hereby granted to Agent or allowed it by law or other agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised byAgent at any time and from time to time. 

 

13. Waiver of JuryTrial. THE UNDERSIGNED DOES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BASED ON OR WITH RESPECT TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR RELATING ORINCIDENTAL HERETO. THE UNDERSIGNED DOES HEREBY CERTIFY THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF AGENT OR ANY LENDER HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT AGENT OR ANY LENDER WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER ORRIGHT TO JURY TRIAL PROVISION. 

 

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14. Governing Law, Jurisdiction; Amendments. THIS INSTRUMENT CANNOT BE CHANGED OR TERMINATEDORALLY, AND SHALL BE GOVERNED, CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED AS TO VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND IN ALL OTHER RESPECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE UNDERSIGNED EXPRESSLY CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THECOMMONWEALTH COURTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA LOCATED IN COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY OR PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR ALL PURPOSES IN CONNECTION HEREWITH. ANYJUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY THE UNDERSIGNED AGAINST AGENT AND/OR ANY LENDER INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ANY MATTER OR CLAIM IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO OR CONNECTED HEREWITH SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURTS OF THECOMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA LOCATED IN COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY OR PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE UNDERSIGNED FURTHER CONSENTS THAT ANY SUMMONS, SUBPOENA OR OTHERPROCESS OR PAPERS (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY NOTICE OR MOTION OR OTHER APPLICATION TO EITHER OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS OR A JUDGE THEREOF) OR ANY NOTICE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY PROCEEDINGS HEREUNDER, MAY BE SERVED INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THECOMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA OR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED OR BY PERSONAL SERVICE PROVIDED A REASONABLE TIME OR APPEARANCE IS PERMITTED, OR IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS MAY BEPERMISSIBLE UNDER THE RULES OF SAID COURTS. THE UNDERSIGNED WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF ANY ACTION INSTITUTED HEREON AND SHALL NOT ASSERT ANY DEFENSE BASED ON LACK OF JURISDICTION OR VENUE OR BASED UPON FORUMNONCOVENIENS. 

 

15. Severability. To the extentpermitted by applicable law, any provision of this Guaranty which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating theremaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 

 

16. Amendments, Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty nor consent to any departure by theundersigned therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing executed by the undersigned, Agent and Lenders. 

 

17. Notice. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the undersigned, shall be in writing or by telecopy or telex and shall be deemed to havebeen duly given or made (a) when delivered, if by hand, (b) three (3) days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if by mail (c) when confirmed, if by telecopy or, (d) in the case of telex notice, when sent, answer back receiver, ineach event, to the number and address set forth beneath the signature of the undersigned. 

 

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18. Successors. Agent or any Lender may, from time to time, without notice to the undersigned,sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Obligations and/or rights under this Guaranty. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent or any Lender may assign, or grant participations to, one or more banks,financial institutions or other entities all or any part of any of the Obligations. In each such event, Agent, any Lender, its Affiliates and each and every immediate and successive purchaser, assignee, transferee or holder of all or any part of theObligations shall have the right to enforce this Guaranty, by legal action or otherwise, for its own benefit as fully as if such purchaser, assignee, transferee or holder were herein by name specifically given such right. Agent or any Lender shallhave an unimpaired right to enforce this Guaranty for its benefit with respect to that portion of the Obligations which Agent or any such Lender has not disposed of, sold, assigned, or otherwise transferred. 

 

19. Release. Nothing except cash payment in full of the Obligationsshall release the undersigned from liability under this Guaranty. 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Guaranty has been executed by the undersigned this 26th day of April, 2004. 

 
**STYROCHEM EUROPE DELAWARE, INC.**By: /s/    MICHAEL V.VALENZA          **Michael V. Valenza, President**
 

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA
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On the 26th day ofApril, 2004, before me personally came **MICHAEL V. VALENZA**, to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is the President of StyroChem Europe Delaware, Inc., the corporationdescribed in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the board of directors of said corporation, andthat he signed his name thereto by order of said corporation. 

 
/s/    SHARON B. ROMAN        
Notary Public

 

****My commission expires:

Notarial Seal

Sharon B. Roman, Notary Public

City Of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County

My Commission Expires Nov. 29, 2006

Member, Pennsylvania Association ofNotaries